My Riffs

If you really want to learn, teach.  Teaching means you have to truly know. You can’t teach what you don’t know. 

It’s a noisy, noisy world. There’s very little place for quiet. There’s little place for solitude and contemplation. We don’t look inward. We look outside for validation and get it in echo chambers. We seek out those who agree with us and feed our egos. Discomfort is something we avoid at all costs. Silence is uncomfortable. But in the uncomfortable is where the gold is. The rest only holds fools gold.  Slow down and think. Slow down and dig deep.  Check your assumptions.  Be open to changing your mind.  Do the hard work.  That’s where the real important stuff happens. 

One lesson I’ve learned as a parent is kids will learns far more from my actions and behaviour than what I say.  What matters most is the example I’m setting. My words matter, but what’s being caught is what my behaviour says. 

It could change fast. Hold onto hope.  If something is out of your control, hold onto hope. Sometimes things change in an instant. Hope. 

It’s worth celebrating so many things. Life has so many gifts and wonderful things; take the time to celebrate them!

Your connections are your real value.  Strengthen your connections and strengthen your life.